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Inverness CT 0 Aberdeen 1: Battling Dons in pole for top six

HUNDREDS of Aberdeen fans spilled onto the pitch to hail their side’s winner, while Steve Lovell, the scorer, was yellow-carded for celebrating as enthusiastically as those elated supporters. If this game had been billed as a Scottish Cup semi-final the joy couldn’t have been more uninhibited. And the reason for all the fuss? The Pittodrie side are on the verge of a place in the top six of the Scottish Premierleague.

This mini-contest will go right down to the final game before the split on Saturday, but Aberdeen leap-frogged into pole position with yesterday’s win. They are a point ahead of Motherwell and two ahead of their opponents here. Defeat Hibs at home on Saturday and they will survive the split. Failure to win that match and victory for either Motherwell at Ibrox or Inverness at Livingston would deny them that lofty goal.